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Tickets are numbered from 1 to 18 are mixed up together and then 9 tickets are drawn at random. Find the probability that the ticket has a number, which is a multiple of 2 or 3.

Correct Answer: 2/3

Explanation:

S = { 1, 2, 3, 4, .....18 } 


=> n(S) = 18


 


E1 = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18}


=> n(E1) = 9


 


E2 = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 }


=> n(E2) = 6


 


  E 3   = E 1 E 2 = { 6 ,   12 ,   18 }  


=> n(E3) = 3


 


E = E 1     E 2   =   E 1 + E 2 - E 3  


=> n(E) = 9 + 6 - 3 =12


 where E = { 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 }


 


P ( E ) = n ( E ) n ( S ) = 12 18 = 2 3


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